Lead Volunteers: Simply Say Thanks

A Simple Phrase It blows my mind how many leaders don’t understand the value of appreciation. Appreciation can come in many forms, but I want to speak right now to simply saying thank you. It’s a simple phrase that we were taught at a very young age — thank you. Over the years, I have…

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Minister's Wives

For Ministry Wives

The Value and Risk of Being a Ministry Wife As a minister, I have learned first hand the significant role that a minister’s wife plays in the impact of the couple’s ministry. Not only do ministry wives support and enable the minister in his unique calling, but they typically are engaged in a very real…

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Don't Cry Wolf

Lead Volunteers: Don’t Cry Wolf

I have to say, in full disclosure, I am an individual who can succumb to exaggeration, hyperbole, and dramatic inflation. I have to be cautious to not over-inflate my communication of the needs of our ministry so as to get our way. Some of you know what I am talking about. You are sitting in…

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Smile More

Lead Volunteers: Smile More!

I think one of the most important leadership practices that we can ever adopt is simply to smile more. Now if you are a librarian, my apologies, but I have a concept that I call a Yes Face and a Librarian Face. The Yes Face The Yes Face is someone who is vibrant and inviting.…

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Lead Volunteers: Dominate with Diligence

Dominate with Diligence. Be the Ant. The Bible says in Proverbs 6: Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise! It has no commander no overseer or ruler, yet it stores its provisions in summer and gathers its food at harvest. Ethic of Diligence The ant is an interesting creature. Truly,…

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Online Language Arts Courses

Sunday School Zone is all about helping families and churches teach the Bible to kids in ways that make a genuine, long-term difference for Christ’s Kingdom. For many families, that means going beyond free, printable Bible activities. We intend to provide substantive help and resources for families that want to be proactive in their child’s…

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Switching Not Ditching

Lead Volunteers: Switching, Not Ditching

Your phone rings with the dreaded Saturday night phone call. Even as you answer the phone, you know how this conversation will go. One of your volunteers is canceling. That inevitable phone call or text or email that says “I’m sorry…” followed by the reason and rationale for why a volunteer can’t fulfill on the…

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Lead Volunteers: Does Your Strategy Clarify Opportunities?

Ministry leaders can easily fall prey to shiny, silver objects. It is all too easy to be taken off track and derailed from a very critical strategy simply because a shiny object has appeared in the periphery. When you begin to pursue this peripheral opportunity, you get yanked off track. Die Cast Mold Think of…

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Palm Sunday

The Triumphal Entry on Palm Sunday

Palm Sunday has become a recognized “occasion” in our culture, but many people don’t know what the day is about and even fewer understand the meaning of the original Palm Sunday. Palm Sunday is the day on which we celebrate the entry of Jesus into Jerusalem on the Sunday before His crucifixion and a week…

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